The 2026 God’s Love We Deliver Golden Heart Awards Honored Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Misty Copeland, and Andrew Scott

On Monday evening, God’s Love We Deliver—the beloved organization responsible for providing medically tailored meals to over 40 million New Yorkers—celebrated its 20th annual Golden Heart Awards. The fundraiser once again drew a glamorous crowd to Manhattan’s Morningside Heights on a crisp evening in October, starting with the impressive lineup of honorees: Misty Copeland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Andrew Scott.

Within the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, one couldn’t help but marvel at its 121,000-square-foot size and colossal 177-foot ceilings—especially considering the charity’s humble beginnings a mile away. What started with a single meal delivery in 1985 eventually moved into a small church on West 86th and Amsterdam, where volunteers at West Park Presbyterian Church worked tirelessly to prepare and send out 50 meals per day to New Yorkers at the height of the AIDS epidemic. Fast forward 41 years, and the mission of helping neighbors impacted by illnesses is still intact, only now, on a much, much larger scale.

That mammoth effort was evident on Monday, as 700 guests filed up the steps of one of the world’s largest gothic cathedrals. Among them was one of God’s Love We Deliver’s most steadfast supporters, Michael Kors. A lifelong New Yorker, the designer co-chairs the annual gala alongside honorary chairperson Anna Wintour, who was also in attendance. Naturally, the aforementioned honorees and guests at the head table, including Olivia Munn, Nicky Hilton, Lea Michele, Annabelle Wallis, Martha Stewart, and Judith Light, were all dressed in head-to-toe looks by Michael Kors Collection.

Kors has been involved with the organization for 35 years and even has one of the annual awards named in his honor. “I always say these people are the picture—I just make the frame,” he told Vogue, when asked about being in the company of past recipients of the Michael Kors Award for Inspiring Philanthropy, such as Hillary Clinton, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Audra McDonald. “I’m happy, of course, to be able to give this award to the people who we really feel are so deserving every year. It’s a pinch-me situation and it never gets old.”

As attendees took their seats, past Michael Kors Award recipient Neil Patrick Harris gave opening remarks with his partner, David Burtka, while guests dined on a fall-inspired menu. Wintour and Kors were then joined by God’s Love We Deliver President and CEO Terrence Meck, who joked that this was the best Monday night of the year—not the other major fundraising initiative Wintour heads up each year on the first Monday in May. It was one of the many light-hearted comedic quips mixed in with meaningful moments that defined the evening.

Andrew Scott was honored with the Golden Heart Award for Outstanding Humanitarianism & Cultural Impact. The Irish thesp was recognized for his role in the upcoming biographical drama, Elsinore, in which he portrays Scottish actor Ian Charleson as he takes on the role of Hamlet while battling a terminal AIDS diagnosis. “In the same year that Ian was in London playing this part, sneaking out of the hospital to get to the theater, people here in New York were knocking on doors with a meal for people that the rest of the world had decided to stigmatize, judge, and forget about,” Scott said. “More than 40 years later, those people are still knocking on those doors.”

Eleven-time Emmy Award-winning actor and comedian Julia Louis-Dreyfus took the stage after being presented with the Golden Heart Award for Outstanding Artistry & Advocacy by Vogue’s Chloe Malle. Fresh off her Broadway debut in Other Desert Cities, Louis-Dreyfus shared her connection to God’s Love We Deliver. She has been an ardent supporter of the environment and a member of the board of the Natural Resources Defense Council, but it was her anecdote about her breast cancer journey that really resonated with the room. “Now when I look back on that exceptionally difficult time in my life, it’s not the illness that I remember—it’s the chili with cornbread on top that my beloved mom cooked for me,” Louis-Dreyfus recalled. “I am so happy to support God’s Love We Deliver. The work they do is critical and urgent. I love this organization.”